Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,055,288

Total expenses

$1,206,647

Contributions and grants received

$977,643

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$2,358

Other revenue

$75,287

Total assets, end of year

$1,618,530

Total liabilities, end of year

$41,945

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,576,585

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$861,418

Management and general expenses

$314,733

Fundraising expenses

$30,496

Program service expenses (Part III)

$861,418

Program services were 71.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• COMMUNITIES OVERCOMING VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS (COVE) HAS PROUDLY ASSISTED VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SINCE 1978 PROVIDING EMERGENCY, CRISIS INTERVENTION, ADVOCACY AND SAFETY SERVICES INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER 24-HOUR, 365 DAYS A YEAR. THESE PROGRAMS COMPRISED OF CRISIS LINE, EMERGENCY SHELTER AND ADVOCACY SERVICES. COVE OPERATES A 24 HOUR, 365 DAYS A YEAR CRISIS LINE DEVOTED TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM'S EMERGENCY NEEDS. THE CRISIS LINE OFFERS SAFETY PLANNING, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, OPTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND/OR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND REFERRALS AND INFORMATION. THE CRISIS LINE IS MANNED BY TRAINED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND IS TYPICALLY THE POINT OF ENTRY FOR OTHER SERVICES. COVE PROVIDES A STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS, 365 DAYS A YEAR. IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MICHIGAN COMBINING ITS OFFICES AND SHELTER SET UP TO RESEMBLE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS. RESIDENTS HAVE SEMI-PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL LIVING QUARTERS AS OPPOSED TO TRADITIONAL SHELTER COMMUNAL LIVING. ADDITIONALLY, COVE PROVIDES LEGAL, MEDICAL, AND PERSONAL ADVOCACY FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR BOTH SHELTER RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTIAL CLIENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. ADVOCATES ACCOMPANY PEOPLE TO COURT, ASSIST WITH HOUSING NEEDS, MEET CLIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL, TRANSPORT CLIENTS WHEN NEEDED, ASSIST WITH COMPLETING VICTIMS COMPENSATION FORMS, SHARE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE LEGAL PROCESS AND ASSIST IN NAVIGATING THE LEGAL SYSTEM. COVE ADVOCATES PROVIDE INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES, AND OPTIONS TO HELP ENSURE CLIENTS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

  Expenses $683,812

• COVE BEGAN IN 1978 IN RESPONSE TO THE LACK OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. OVER FORTY YEARS LATER, WE HAVE GONE BACK TO OUR ROOTS TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES IN MANISTEE, MASON, LAKE AND OCEANA COUNTIES.IN ORDER TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS IN THEIR HEALING PROCESS, COVE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SA SERVICES INCLUDING: 24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: DURING CALLS, STAFF LISTENS TO SURVIVORS AND PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, RESOURCES, REFERRALS, AND OPTIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS. EMERGENCY CRISIS RESPONSE: COVE OFFERS ITS OWN IN-HOUSE SANE (SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS) UNIT. THE SELF-FUNDED SANE UNIT OFFERS FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMS AND EVIDENCE COLLECTION WITHIN 120 HOURS OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT BY FORENSICALLY TRAINED NURSES. AS THE SAME TIME, A SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCATE WALKS ALONGSIDE THE SURVIVOR PROVIDING DURING FORENSIC EXAMS EXPLAINING THE LEGAL AND MEDICAL PROCESS AND COORDINATION WITH POLICE IF THE SURVIVOR CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LEGAL REPORTING. SANE EXAMS ARE PROVIDED FREE, TO ANY SURVIVOR AGED 12 AND ABOVE. SUPPORTIVE COUNSELING: PROFESSIONAL LICENSED COUNSELING IS OFFERED TO SURVIVORS IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND SUPPORT GROUP FORMATS. GROUP COUNSELING CONSISTS OF NON-TRADITIONAL HEALING ARTS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PAINTING, MEDITATION, YOGA, AND MINDFULNESS. TRADITIONAL INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING IS PROVIDED TO SURVIVORS AS WELL. SURVIVORS GAIN IDEAS, TOOLS, AND COPING SKILLS FOR THEIR EMOTIONS THROUGH BOTH INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND HEALING ARTS GROUPS. THE COUNSELOR SAFETY PLANS WEEKLY AND ADDRESSES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. ADVOCACY AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES: ADVOCACY IS A KEY COMPONENT TO COVE'S SA SERVICES. SA ADVOCATES OFFERS LEGAL, MEDICAL, AND PERSONAL ADVOCACY TO SURVIVORS. ADVOCACY MAY INCLUDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SAFETY PLANNING, MENTAL HEALTH SAFETY PLANNING, CHILDCARE, COURT SUPPORT AND COORDINATION WITH EXTERNAL SOURCES.

  Expenses $177,606

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

19 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541149349301129

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